Charlie Schlenker
Senior ReporterWGLT Senior Reporter Charlie Schlenker grew up in Rock Island, Illinois, and graduated from Augustana College. He has spent more than four decades in radio and has won numerous state and national awards for journalism. He lives in Normal with his family.
Contact Charlie at ceschle@ilstu.edu.
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The board of electric automaker Rivian has restructured the pay package for Chief Executive Officer RJ Scaringe that could net him $4.6 billion over the next decade. -
Los aeropuertos de Bloomington y Peoria dicen que sus instalaciones se verán afectadas por una reducción de vuelos de aerolíneas ordenada a nivel federal en aeropuertos clave de todo el país. -
Airports in Bloomington and Peoria say there will be impacts to their facilities from a federally-ordered reduction in airline flights at key airports around the country.
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El alcalde de Normal, Chris Koos, está respondiendo a las críticas sobre la decisión del concejo municipal de seguir adelante con el proyecto del paso subterráneo de Uptown a pesar de los fuertes aumentos de precios y de una mayor participación del municipio en el costo de $40,3 millones. -
Trump administration trade and regulatory policy initially hurt Rivian. Changes in the administration stance may now help some. -
The head of electric vehicle maker Rivian says the future is not just EVs, it’s artificial intelligence and autonomous vehicles. And it’s coming sooner than you might think. -
The mayor of Normal is answering criticism of the town council decision's to move ahead with the Uptown underpass project despite steep price increases and a larger town share of the $40.3 million cost.
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Uptown business owners raise concerns about tax hikes to fund underpass — and the quick vote on themSome Uptown business owners are criticizing a proposal to raise food and beverage and hotel-motel taxes in Normal. They’re also not happy about an accelerated timeline to a council vote on Monday — just three business days after the proposal became public. -
Para llevar a la línea de meta el proyecto del paso subterráneo de Uptown en Normal, que data de hace una década, se requerirán aumentos en los impuestos a alimentos y bebidas y a hoteles y moteles. -
There's a declaration of emergency over the number of unhoused people in Bloomington right now, and efforts to provide new housing and expanded space in shelters. In this episode of WGLT's series "McHistory," you'll learn that the issue is not new — though the response today is perhaps more humane than it was in other eras.
